Software RAID not working

LittleKing · n00b Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Location: TN, USA

I"m trying to follow this HOW-TO about setting up Gentoo with software RAID. It's probably a simple problem, but I just can't seem to figure it out.

I'm installing from the Gentoo 2004.3-r1 minimal release. The hardware is a BE-6 mobo, PIII 550 Mhz, and both drives are on seperate channels. After I started the system, since all the networking stuff worked from boot the next thing seems to be "Set up partitions". I did the following command

zecora · Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:33 am Post subject:

The drives are on hda and hdc or hdb and hdd?

zecora · Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:34 am Post subject:

post your /etc/fstab

what raid lvl are you going for?

LittleKing · n00b Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Location: TN, USA

Since the BE-6 chipset had only IDE-33, they added at HighPoint controller that added two IDE-66 connectors. So my setup is as follows:

NismoC32 · Apprentice Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 221

Looks like modprobe md is broken, it does not create any /dev/md* devices :-(

Well I'm fresh out og Ideas looks like all 2004.3 LiveCD's are brooken in different plases. I have tried for one week now on installing Gentoo on my new AMD64 PC.

I have tried AMD64 version of LiveCD from Stage 1 to Stage 3 none worked. I then tried the X86 LiveCD (2004.3-r1) and diden't manage to start raid :-(

I guess I have to go for Fedora :-(

2004.2 dosent support my raid card or network card.

I also tried AMD64 LiveCD 2004.3-r1 and nothing worked there, no fb, no keymap, no links2.... nothing ??????

I guess I'l have try again when LiveCD 2005.0 releases, and hopefully the AMD64 version is bugg free.

LittleKing · n00b Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Location: TN, USA

LittleKing · n00b Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Location: TN, USA

Well, I tried installing from my old 2004.1 CD I had burned in preperation to install Gentoo back when 2004.1 came out, but didn't get around to it. Well after I did "modprobe md" I checked '/dev' for md devices and sure enough they where there. The rest of the install when smootly until I had to 'emerge --sync' which then couldn't connect. I had to got to bed so I'll try again today when I get home from work.

So does this mean that 2004.3 is broken?

Another question I have would be, can I install from the 2004.1 CD and still use the 2004.3 Stage1 to install the base system? I would think it would work, but are there known issues with doing this?

Thanks,
LK

Skraut · Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:39 pm Post subject:

Dang, I'm stuck in the same spot. Anyone know a good way around?
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Skraut · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:13 pm Post subject:

2004.2 worked for me to get everything booted, then downloaded the stage 1 2004.3 tarball
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pilla · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2587699.html
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